Bec turned 3 today, but in a bizzare numerical coincidence, it was also my 33 1/3rd birthday.
Bec is 95cm tall at Age 3
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I’m in the process of building myself an IP PABX at home, but in order to do that I needed a machine to build it on, so I searched around, and found myself all the bits I needed, well, almost all, because it turns out I need a motherboard with PCI 2.2 slots in it, so I ordered a board off ebay.
It was a Compaq board, but it looked fairly standard, till I went to plug the power supply in and found the socket was 24 pins, where standard ATX is only 20. So I emailed the guy, and he sent me a power supply for it, couriered, no charge!
So I have no hesitation whatsoever in recommending dinosaur_pc
I’ve too much other stuff to do at the moment to build it, but at least I think I have all the bits now!
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Liz is Crawling
Liz started crawling on Saturday! She’s been rolling around everywhere for weeks, and she started inching backwards on Friday, but on Saturday she just took off forwards. Not fast, but moving. Fun times ahead.
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Google is my recipe book (index)
I’ve had a few days at home, so amongst other things, I’ve had a chance to do some cooking.
I didn’t know what to cook, so I headed over to google to find out what I should do with the ingredients I had (or at least the main ingredient).
Googling for”pork steak recipe” helped me find:
http://www.meals.com/Recipes/RecipeDetails.aspx?RecipeID=6146 which was absolutely beautiful, while googling for “mince recipe” lead me to
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/minihotpot_74329.shtml which was fairly average..
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Identity Theft
I thought Identity theft only happened in movies like The Net but it’s happened to me…
Someone has used my name address, date of birth and stuff to apply for credit cards, and at least one has actually been issued, activated and used to purchase something.
It started with a call from AussieMastercard which Bernie took and she thought they were just we cold calling. She mentioned it to me, so when I got a call later from GE Financial Services, I was rather suspicious..
I’m still waiting for paperwork to arrive, but I’ve got to goto the police and report it too.
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Playing in the Park
From a trip with Uncle Tez to the park:
When I last took Bec to the park, on arrival we found an adult man (early 20s) perched on the top of the slide, talking to some friends at the bottom, and not looking like going anywhere. Bec and I went to play on the swings, and when she became tired of them she made towards the slide, then stopped. She looked at the man for a moment, hesitated, and said to him "::I want you to get down"::.
The guys friends said "::I think you have been told!"::, and he promptly complied. They all had a good laugh. So Bec had her first (maybe) taste of authority over unfamiliar adults.
I apologised to the people at that time, then took Bec aside, and gently told her that whenever you ask something of an adult you do not know, always say "::please"::. Then off we went to the slide…
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Winter Savoury Soup
This was a Margaret Fulton Recipe, but I’ve only got a copy on
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Rice Pudding
1 Egg
1 Tsp Vanilla
3/4 Cup Milk
2 Tbsp Sugar
1 1/2 Cups Rice
Nutmeg
Mix Egg, Vanilla, Milk, & Sugar
Grease a Microwave safe bowl (Glass)
Put in Rice
Pour mixture over the top. It should just cover the rice
Sprinkle notmeg over the top
Cook for 6 mins on MED-HIGH
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White Sauce
Bern makes a fantastic White Sauce, but I’ve never tried, because I’ve never known how. So last night I got her to write out the recipe.
This has my interpretations all over it, especially the microwave times and more exacting measurements…
1 chunk of butter (about 1cm thick across a 250gm block)
2 Tablespoons of Plain Flour
3/4 cup milk
1/2 cup grated cheese
Melt butter (30 secs on medium)
Stir in Flour
Cook for 35 secs on High
Stir
Add milk and whisk till smooth
then add cheese
Cook on high in short burst (30 seconds) till it’s ready.
I think it took me 4 x 30 secs (2 mins)
It turned out yummy, though the milk I used tasted a bit funny, so Bern didn’t like it much. I also used Pizza cheese, so it was a bit stringy.